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RECREATION, 



EDITOR'S CORNER. 



The Great Sportsmen's Exposition to be 

 held May 12th to 18th next, at Madison Square 

 Garden, New York, is attracting the attention of 

 sportsmen and manufacturers of sportsmen's 

 goods throughout the country. Calls for infor- 

 mation are so numerous that the management has 

 been compelled to issue a weekly bulletin, instead 

 of a monthly as heretofore. Many manufact- 

 urers, who at first took no interest in the propo- 

 sition, are now among tbe most prominent 

 workers in the interest of the great show, and are 

 making strenuous efforts to put their exhibits at 

 the front. Up to this time 34 firms have taken 

 space, among* whom are: — 



Winchester Repeating Arms Company, E. I. 

 Dupont de Nemours & Company, Union Metal- 

 lic Cartridge Company, Forehand Arms Com- 

 pany, Hardware Publishing Company, Union 

 Hardware Company, Colt's Fire Arms Company, 

 Herman, Boker & Company, Iver Johnson's 

 Arms and Cycle Company, Weibusch & Hilger, 

 Limited, Forest and Stream, Von Lengerke & 

 Detmold, American Field, Maine Central Rail- 

 road, William Lyman, Lefever Arms Company, 

 Tatham Brothers, A. G. Spalding & Brothers, 

 Shooting and Fishing, Bridgeport Gun Imple- 

 ment Company, Remington Arms Company, 

 Spratt's Patent (America) Limited, Schoverling, 

 Daily & Gales, United States Cartridge Com- 

 pany, Gas Engine and Power Company, Parker 

 Brothers, Sporting Goods Dealer, T. W. Fraine, 

 The Webster Studio. 



Other applications are being made daily and the 

 secretary, Mr. F. S. Webster, 106 E. 23d street, 

 is kept busy day and night answering the large 

 volume of correspondence that comes to him. 

 Write him, get a bulletin and then make your 

 plans to attend the big show. 



Hon. B. B. Brooks, of Wyoming, has written 

 the best bear story I have ever read. It deals with 

 the life, and describes the killing of a monster 

 grizzly that lived in the Caspar mountains and 

 fed on range cattle for years. The story will be 

 printed in the May number of Recreation and 

 will be illustrated with three full page drawings 

 by the celebrated artist, Mr. W. M. Cary, who 

 spent many years on the frontier, and who has 

 himself had some fun with grizzlies. 



From among the many other excellent stories 

 now in hand I have selected the following for the 

 May number : "A Night on the Seneca," by 

 Captain Harry P. Bigelow ; " A Mountain Tor- 

 rent," (poem,) by Francis P. Owings ; "The 

 House-warming," by Zelle Emmons ; " The 

 Methow Country," by Guy Waring; "Moon- 

 light Yachting," (poem,) by Elizabeth A. Vore, 

 and " The Pointer, Past and Present," by the 

 Hon. John S. Wise. This latter article will easily 

 take rank as one of the ablest and best produc- 

 tions of its class in modern times. 



All of these papers will be handsomely illus- 

 trated from original drawings and from photo- 

 graphs. Then there will be the continuation of 

 Dr. Tucker's story of " Guatemotzin, the Last of 

 the Aztecs ;" a clever little poem entitled " A 

 Common Foe," by Aileen Marie McDonald, 

 and several short sketches under the various 

 heads of "Bicycling," "From the Game 

 Fields," "Amateur Photography," etc. 



The other day a tall dark man came into 

 the office and said he wanted to subscribe for 

 Recreation. I was just putting on my over- 

 coat to go home, but hung it up, took his dollar 

 and asked him his name and address. He said 

 he would write it. I passed the blank over to 

 him and he wrote : 



" Kit Clarke, box 1248, New York." 



Instantly there began to float before me 

 visions of deep clear lakes ; great, rapid rivers ; 

 cool, shady brooks, in which were dark holes 

 " Where the Trout Hide." 



I grapsed the hand of the big dark man and 

 we sat down and talked. He told me more fish 

 stories in half an hour than I ever heard before 

 in a whole day, and had I not kept in mind the 

 fact that all anglers, and especially angling 

 writers, are truthful honest men, I must have 

 doubted some of them. As it is I would vouch 

 for the absolute truth of all of them. 



Kit made me miss my train, but I was mighty 

 glad of it, and would be willing to miss it again 

 to-morrow for the sake of another such "wah- 

 wah." 



The American News Company bought 

 2300 copies of each of the first five numbers of 

 Recreation. Of the October number 75 per 

 cent, was returned ; of the November number 

 60 per cent. ; of the December number 40 per 

 cent., and of the January and February numbers, 

 less than 15 per cent. With the March number 

 the company increased its order to 2600 copies. 

 These were delivered to it on the 28th of Febru- 

 ary. Since that date the company has bought 625 

 copies of March, making 3225 in all. Write 

 the manager and ask him if this is true. Also ask 

 him what his first order will be for April number. 



Nearly all the copies returned by the company 

 have since been sent out to subscribers. I have 

 less than 100 copies of each issue on hand. A 

 healthy showing for a six months old magazine. 



Mr. J. G. Messner, of Wilkinsburg, Pa., has 

 been doing some remarkably good shooting, of 

 late, at the trap. On the 20th of February he 

 shot a match with Mr. Ralph Lovett, at 25 live 

 birds, killing 24 to Mr. Lovett's 17. On the 

 28th of February Mr. Messner shot another 

 match with Messrs. Greener, Lovett and Jones, 

 of the Wilkinsburg Sportsmen's Association, at 

 12 birds, each. Mr. Messner killed II, Greener 

 8, Lovett 4 and Jones 6. Mr. Messner is com- 

 paratively new in match shooting, and at this 

 rate great things may reasonably be expected of 

 him in the future. 



Captain H. H. Cooper, Nacogdoches, Tex., 

 sends Recreation the chin whiskers of a wild 

 turkey gobbler he lately killed, and which he says 

 " weighed 24 pounds, dressed, and was fat, juicy 

 and tender." I am sorry I could not have 

 camped with the captain that night. " Fat, 

 juicy and tender !" Yum, ye-um. 



Sportsmen are cautioned against sending 

 money to Charles Hibbard, of Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., who advertises fishing tackle. I am in 

 possession of information which leads me to 

 believe that he is a dead beat of the worst 

 character. 



